Re: [root user] How to disable root account?

[Krizsán László <krizsi@sznet.hu>]

Hi!

I think you must be root to do this, but how you can to restore it without 
root account?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michelle Konzack" <linux4michelle@freenet.de>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [root user] How to disable root account?


> grep -vE "^root:" /etc/passwd >/etc/passwd.tmp
>        mv /etc/passwd.tmp /etc/passwd
>
> grep -vE "^root:" /etc/shadow >/etc/shadow.tmp
>        mv /etc/shadow.tmp /etc/shadow
>
> grep -vE "^0:" /etc/group >/etc/group.tmp
>        mv /etc/group.tmp /etc/group
>
> grep -vE "^0:" /etc/gshadow >/etc/gshadow.tmp
>        mv /etc/gshadow.tmp /etc/gshadow
>
>
> Am 2005-11-24 16:34:12, schrieb belbo:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've seen Ubuntu linux, and I've noticed the disabled root account. I 
> > like this
> > solution, how can I disable root account on my etch debian?
> >
> > Bye
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